Page 18 - Strength Based Approach to Executive Function Skills

Why do some people find Control Centre

Skills harder than other people?

3. A lack of strong, positive early attachments:

All babies need lots of love, care and

positive attention from the adults

looking after them.

When babies are given this love,

care and good attention by all

adults around them, brain pathways build quickly. This

creates a strong base on which later pathways can build.

Below: Positive attachments create a strong base Below: Poor early attachments can have a
on which later connections are built. serious impact on brain circuitry:

We know from research that a lack

of positive, responsive attention

can have a serious impact on the

size of the brain and the strength

and number of its connections

(see picture on right). Above: The impact of neglect on brain

circuitry (Perry, 2002). 18